Thanks for the input. Mike & Steve....like your suggestions & will fire it up the way you suggest. No internal modifications were done to the 350 before stuffing it in my "old" boat years ago. Will provide serial #'s at a later date when I decide what to do with it. Have a 350 crate engine in my 68 now (only 4000 miles on it). Need to do some homework on the engine #'s vs build date for my 68....would be a great if there's a match.

Have a (numbers correct) 68 Camaro 350 engine that's been in a boat for years.....time to put it back in a Camaro. It's been sitting in the boat, unstarted, for 8/9 years. Fuel was drained, new oil put in (years ago). What's the best way to prepare it for cranking/starting. Don't want to damage the cylinder walls, etc,

Totally Stainless in Aspers, Pa. 1-717-677-8811 (totallystainless.com) sells a 5/16-24 x 0.7 flat top carriage bolt. It's part number 2-0773 and is intended for Ford stepside rear fenders. I ordered a few, & the dimensions are approx. 11/16 diam across the head, and 3/4 in. from the head to end of threads. It's in their on line catalog. Cost me all of .78/ea.

Question..... I've heard its better to leave the battery connected, but on a charger/maintainer during winter storage...vs disconnecting the battery? I usually keep mine connected, but on a maintainer. Makes it easier to start & run through the gears (with the garage door open) during winter. With my car, seems to start better if I crank it up every 7 to 10 days.

Check out Sherm's Plating in Sacramento, Ca. (shermsplating.com). They can repair/polish/replate/anodize your old ones. Not inexpensive, but they do lots of custom work, & many of the rods featured in Street Rodder mag.

RS mounts on the center support, non RS mounts on the drivers side of radiator support. Horns, and attached mounting brackets, are the same for both installations. Assembly manual shows correct mounting method for both setups.

Are you switching from bias ply to radial, or already radial. When I went to radial found that the factory front alignment specs didn't work well. Went to a customized setup to compensate for the radial tires.